--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 26, 2005, at 9:59 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Wow, I never heard that the absence of thoughts > > > > > > in TM indicates an absence of "progress." Is > > > > > > that something MMY says that I've somehow > > > > > > managed to miss? > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, whatever happened to the gap gets bigger and > > > > > bigger? > > > > > > > > Ask Barry; he's a former TM teacher. Maybe > > > > that's what he taught his students. Sure is > > > > news to me. > > > > > > What in the hell is all this distorted TM "teaching"? > > > Are you guys that are spouting this TM teachers? > > > Because MMY never, ever mentioned this stuff in the > > > context of explaining experiences during meditation. > > > > yeah, I don't remember a word of it either, and that's after > > hundreds of hours of tapes, reading his books, etc. > > It's a cyberstalking thang, Jim. :-) > > I just used a phrase that I'd heard from many TMers > who had grown concerned that "because thoughts mean > release of stress, does lack of thoughts indicate > no progress in the release of stress?"
The phrase in its original context: "For the dyed-in-the-wool TMer, CONVINCED that the absence of thoughts indicates an absence of 'progress,' this might not be an admirable thing." (emphasis added) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
